Corinth Coin: 1933 2072
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1933 2072
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Tetarteron of Alexius I, Thessalonika Mint (AD 1092 - AD 1118)
Year:   1933
Coin Number:   2072
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Denomination:   Tetarteron
Mint:   Thessalonika
Authority:   Alexius I
Obverse Legend:   C-F/M-D
Obverse Type:   Jeweled, radiate cross, decorated at end of each limb with one large globule and two smaller, all on two steps; letters in angles
Reverse Legend:   []
Reverse Type:   Emperor bust, wearing stemma, divitision, and jeweled loros of traditional type, in r. hand, scepter cruciger, in l., globus cruciger
Axis Clock:   6
Weight Description:   3.54
Weight:   3.54
Diameter:   19
Chronology:   AD 1092 - AD 1118
Findspot Description:   Agora S.E.
Excavation Date: 5/30/1933, #14-27
Notebook: 139 p. 6, .
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
Fabric
Separated from original card (#864), one of 2 coins
Another example 1963-53 (thick, 5.00 grams), 1960-1491 (3.73 grams)
Reference:   DOC IV p. 237, 40a.4; Hendy p. 88, Third Coinage, Plate 8.10
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: digital 2010 2360
Image: digital 2010 2361
Image: digital 2010 2362